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PROGRAM STARTUP WARNINGS

SPOT automatically checks several important aspects of the hard disk

drive system each time it is started up. In the event of an abnormal

condition, a warning dialog will appear indicating the problem. It is

strongly advised that SPOT Business Systems technical support be

contacted if either of the two warnings appear:

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Improper BackupImproper Backup

Improper Backup—If a backup does not exist or if there is no

valid path to a backup file, a warning dialog appears. Ignoring this

warning could result in total database loss if the primary hard disk

drive fails and no backup data exists. Take this warning very

seriously!

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Hard Drive 80% FullHard Drive 80% Full

Hard Drive 80% Full—If the database grows to a size that is 80%

of maximum hard drive storage capacity or maximum record size, a

warning dialog appears. SPOT uses Microsoft SQL database engine.

As installed from the SPOT CDROM, a free version, called the

Microsoft SQL Express, is used. This version has a 4-GByte data

storage limit. The fee-based version of SQL has no such limitation.

Shrinking or archiving database files periodically should keep your

database size well below the 4-Gbyte limit.